Shot with a Nikon D700 and Sigma EX 50 f/1.4 (at 2.8). Very hard crop.

NGC7635 in all its glory. Captured from Spain, about 11 thousand lightyears away in the contellation Cassiopeia.

Got my first Covid shot today... and maybe in the nick of time.. LoL!😂

This kiddo in the car parked next to us was blowing tons of bubbles out the window ... most sticking to their car. Couldn't help wondering if those little bubbles were armed with Covid .. 😷

(THIS IS A JOKE of course! )

*Bubbles in X-Large are kind of cool!

Had a play with a bubble maker in the back yard heaps of fun :)

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Dress- Ashley Dress- #bubbles

Hair- Ariana- Doux

Mesh head- Destiny- CATWA

Skin- Alex- 7 Deadly s[K]ins – Walnut Tone

Slink Feet and Slink Hands Appliers- Walnut Tone- 7 Deadly s[K]ins

Ankle Boots- Jillian- R.icielli

Poses- Runway Collection- ALIUD by Leah McCullough at November round of Designer Showcase

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Captured with TTArtisan 100mm f2.8 lens

Playing with a kids set of bubbles in the garden...you knpow dip in a wand and blow the bubbles off it....a focus nightmare...fun results,

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I've decided today to revisit my collection of shots from several weeks ago, when we've enjoyed a bit of a fire and bubble making fun. For me, this is yet another facet of summer. The time we spend outside with kids, roasting sausages and marsh-mellows on fire, playing silly games or just simply watching the kids goofing off is what always brings smile to my face.. I hope you have many opportunities of just such fun. Summer is too short not to do it often ;D

EXPLORE #413 July 5, 2008

Bubble over the Grande Canal

098/365 - Blowing bubbles in the garden on a lazy Sunday afternoon.

Nice to have trees in a bubble. You can see my brother blowing bubbles in/on the left. This is my favourite bubble photo so far. The reflections are clear throughout, and I haven't been able to reproduce this since. I love the reflections of the greenery and my brother. He looks a bit like a cherub blowing a horn - and always has done actually.

Occasionally, Humpback Whales in Southeast Alaska will feed in coordinated groups using bubbles to trap fish at the water’s surface. This behavior is known as bubble net feeding. Bubble net feeding involves 4-20 whales all working together to herd schooling fish into dense schools. wiki

Sep. 29, 1991: Shawn Clohessy tries to eat bubbles during event at the Janss Mall in Thousand Oaks. This photo appeared in the Sep. 30, 1991, Los Angeles Times Ventura Editioin.

Created with Brushes app on iPod Touch using a Pogo Sketch Stylus.

One of the simple pleasures of Summer.

Special thanks to Sidewalked whose Flux paintings inspired me to try a painting with circles.

hbw flickr friends! ;-)

Sweet Valencia, one of our precious grandaughters enjoyin' one of the simple things in life. Every now & again when the grandkids are blowing bubbles, I will join them. It's fun!...& the last time I joined in, it made me realize how many of the simple things in life we, as adults, miss! When was the last time you, as an adult, went out in your yard during a summer rain & just let yourself get soaked? I've been doing just that the past few years on occasion. It's cathartic! "Stop & smell the roses" is so cliche as to be ignored.... yet it is SO amazingly true! Really look at clouds sometime, .. natural stress relief. Stop & look at a bug. Blow bubbles (You don't need a kid to do it). Draw a rainbow on a sidewalk with chalk. & trees!!! .... watch the treetops sway in a breeze, it seems a language unto it's own. These are just a few of God's antidepressants....they are there for us, & I urge you to consume them!!

My little cat, Scooter likes for me to get out with the bubble wand so he can run and break them with his paw

Bubbles on a lemon in soda water

A blackbird enjoying it's bath

Canon 60D 50mm f/1.8